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There’s no need for panic over China’s trade threats
China’s increasingly belligerent threats to close its markets to Australian exports have excited talk of a full-blown trade war.
Tom Hanks says he and wife Rita Wilson tested positive for coronavirus in Australia
Tom Hanks says he has contracted coronavirus. The actor confirmed on Instagram and Twitter Wednesday that he and wife Rita Wilson, both 63, tested positive for COVID-19 in Australia after feeling ill.
Australia’s trade minister, senior politicians to attend China import expo
Australia's new Trade Minister Simon Birmingham, senior state politicians and the country's major exporters are scheduled to be in Shanghai next month for Chinese President Xi Jinping's signature import expo.
Record migration to Melbourne is changing the face of our city
MIGRANTS now comprise up to 80 per cent of residents in some Melbourne suburbs as the city continues to be transformed by a record...
China slaps 200% import tax on Australian wine amid tensions
China on Friday added wine to the growing list of Australian goods barred from its markets in a trade war against Australia over disputes including its support for an inquiry into the origin of the coronavirus.
Qantas widens its China exposure
Qantas has signed a new deal with the online travel booking arm of Chinese e-commerce juggernaut Alibaba as it looks to increasingly tap the...
Malcolm Turnbull faces fresh leak after calling China a ‘frenemy’
MALCOLM Turnbull has reportedly labelled China a “frenemy” of Australia at a public event in Sydney.
The report comes one day after audio surfaced of...
Can the Darwin Port’s 99-year lease to China be reversed? And what role, if...
Ninety-six years is a long time by any standard. Darwin was a different place back in 1923, a young city almost 20 years away...
Australia moves up Chinese travel bucket list
Australia has leapt up the bucket list of Chinese tourists to the fourth most desirable destination, from tenth just two years ago — following...
China optimism pushes ASX-listed miners higher
Gains in the sharemarket's two largest sectors, financials and materials, sparked an intraday rebound on Tuesday but weren't enough to push the ASX into the black.
ChAFTA worker influx ‘a trickle, not flood’ despite union fears
The nation’s most powerful union leaders have exaggerated an “unlimited” surge of Chinese workers coming into Australia under a free-trade deal, with new figures...
New Zealand, Australia tighten lockdown to combat coronavirus
New Zealand on Saturday announced the world’s tightest border controls to combat the spread of coronavirus, requiring all incoming travellers, including its own citizens, to self-isolate for two weeks starting midnight Sunday.